Thursday, March 13, 2014

Small Fry Skinny Jeans Tour - Titchy Threads plus coupon

I am so excited to be part of this tour! When Laura, the talented lady behind Craftstorming and titchythreads sewing patterns, asked me to try out her latest pattern for skinny jeans I was so in. My girls always need pants, and honestly I never take the time to sew them any, other then leggings :)

It also did not hurt that there are some pretty talented ladies listed on tour as well...look at this lineup!

So I went, full force into this pattern and Oh my! I MADE JEANS!! Like REAL JEANS!....so excited!

Now I am not going to lie, this pattern was no walk in the park. It was one of the most challenging (for someone like me who hates to follow directions, and usually figures she can just wing it) AND most rewarding patterns that I have sewn in a while!

I got all excited when I started, sat down with my pattern printed, coffee in hand, and a full two hour nap time to knock these out....I was wrong....( it ended up taking 3 naps). There are a lot of pieces to cut, and to keep track off, but once you get going they go together beautifully. They look so great BECAUSE of all the little pieces, and all the little details.

I made this first pair from a med weight dark wash stretch denim. I sewed them as is, full zip. I love them! especially the pockets ( I just sewed on grosgrain ribbons in various pinks)

Once I was done, I wanted to make more...they do become slightly addicting...maybe that was just me. I made both my girls a pair from a really soft stretch sateen floral, perfect for girly girls like mine.

I adjusted the waist to sit a little lower on these, the blue ones seemed to sit a little high on her.

These ones went much faster, about half the time

They fit great, they are comfortable and she loves them, which is the best part of all

My youngest I made the false fly and changed the waistband to entirely elastic, just to make it easier to dress my squirmy toddler

Eeek Christine! I can't believe you made 3 pairs. They're all awesome. I love the back pocket on the blue denim ones (totally going to copy that) and your girls look so cute together in the floral ones. I'm sure that top pattern is going to be a huge success as well, it's adorable. Thanks so much for joining the tour today!

Christine I love love love these jeans!!! Fantastic job! That little pocket on the blue jeans is so sweet..and as you can imagine, I love the pink sateen! I will be the first to line up to buy your new top pattern too! :-)